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Sunday, 28 April 2019

The US Army cut power to its largest military base to test reactions to a cyberattack

Fort Bragg, the US Army’s largest base issued an apology earlier this week following an unannounced exercise to see what would happen in the event of a cyberattack. The base lost power for 12 hours on Wednesday and Thursday, and caused some confusion and concern on the base.

Army officials told the Charlotte Observer that the exercise was designed to “identify shortcomings in our infrastructure, operations and security,” and wasn’t announced to the public in order to “replicate likely real-world reactions by everyone directly associated with the installation.”

Power on the base went out around 10PM EST on Wednesday, and returned over the course of Thursday afternoon. Residents on the post reported some of the issues that the blackout...

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